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Chicago examiner vol xiii no 228 a m tuesday Chicago september 14 1915 tuesday r*t-utcrcd d s patent office price one cent ta i &" ld sisscs-h dumba asks austria to recall him diplomat seeks 10 quit il s mt ambassador's message to austrian foreign minister is forwarded by von bernstorff early re moval is believed likely case of captain von papen is de layed by lack of complete evidence action against the german attache still expected bv international news service washington sept 13 dr constantin theodor dumba the austrian ambassador has asked baron von burian the austro-hungarian minister for foreign affairs to comply with the request of this government for his recall dr dumba asked that he be recalled or leave of absence the ambassador who is now at lexon mass transmitted his re quest through count von bernstorff the german ambassador this was because dr dumba's only method of communication with vienna is by german wireless through berlin the text of dr dumba's message to baron von burian was as follows | i beg your excellency to recall me on leave of absence for a per sonal report signed dl'mba dr dumba's telegram was in re ply to a message from baron von burian asking for a statement on the request of this government foi l-is recall tt is presumed baron von burian's message was sent after the i receipt of the communication from secretary lansing the state department received its first news of this action on the part of dr dumba from the international news service a copy of dr dumba's telegram was shown to officials of the department recall expected count von bernstorff the german ambassador admitted having sent the telegram for dumba this development is accepted by the state department as indicating definitely that dr dumba will go it is not considered possible that the austro-hungarian government will retain dr dumba here after his per sonal request that he be withdrawn it is regarded as certain also that dr dumba's government will comply with his request in the form in which he has made namely that he will be recalled on leave this will dis pose of the question whether aus tria will send another ambassador in his stead so long as an ambassador is away on leave he is still tech nically accredited to the post which he has occupied while the affairs of the embassy in such a case are left in the hands of a charge d'af faires question of safe conduct as soon as the state department receives formal notification from the austro-hungarian government that it has decided to recall dr dumba this government will take up the question of providing safe conduct for the ambassador the department believes it will have no difficulty in obtaining the necessary assurances from great britain it developed to-day in connection with the dumba incident that ger many has not intervened in the case of captain franz von papen military attache of the german embassy it is stated that the german ambassa dor did not discuss this matter to day at the state department the opinion prevails however that the united states having acted defi nitely in thu case of ambassador dumba will act within a short time in the same way with reference to captain von papen the evidence in both cases is largely identical mexicans invading u.s after a battle 1,200 bandits near brownsville tex u s troops rushed to border to repel marauders j towns under martial law | one cavalryman killed three wounded in fight rancher flees kidnapers second amer ican is still held for ransom k international news service brownsville sept 13 â€” texas is being invaded at many points by strong bands tf mexican bandits townspeople and ranchers are arming to resist . the attacks and martial law lias been declared in n-iny towns it id known that 1.-'o't mexicans marauders ire operating in this trlct troops to repel invasion five troops of united states cav il ry have been ordered to points along the rio grande ten miles be tliis city to repel the mexicans who are crossing the river iu boats the united states military authori ties have issued notices that all â– icans in this district found with fire arm in their possession will be be rely dealt with < kk \\< istas warned colonel r l bullard commanding the united states troops at fort brown to-day notified general na farettt leader of the carranza forces al matamora that if any of the mex icans who have been conducting raids in texas are found to be members of his army he will be held to strict accountability colonel bullard also declared that if any mexican bandit 6eek refuge in mexican territory na farette will be called upon to deliver them into the hands of the united states authorities i'vrmer kills five bandits i an american farmer whose name has been suppressed residing in the san benito district to-day telephoned i ii ite j states military officials here that yesterday when he returned to bis ranch from san benito he found six mexican bandits pilfering his home according to his story he grabbed a eawed-off shotgun which he carried in his buggy crept up to the house and killed five of the crowd united states military of ficials state that they found the bodies of four mexicans in the farm er's corral invasion long planned military authorities here believe that the attack the first of its kind mere man to be postmaster at lake bluff bonding company seeks removal of woman whose accounts fail to balance miss isabella ross was taken from the little coop of a postoffice at lake f bluff yesterday and a mere man thomas cahill who is supposed to i understand all about bookkeeping and auditing and making reports and a lot of common things like that was put in charge cahill is not really postmaster yet but is a candidate and this may be a preliminary to lis appointment miss ross troubles which have been complicated by postoffice in spectors so numerous that they trod | on each other was all on account of bookkeeping she lived the life of society and she had assistants to look after the work and she edited lake bluff chat whenever she felt that an issue ought to be published and â€” incidentally â€” every few months she tried to bal ance her books when they did not balance she just put into her per sonal account enough of the surplus to make them balance and started all over again there never has been any suspicion tiat the shortage was due to any th'ng except mistakes and it has beiin taken for granted that there would be no prosecution but now that the bonding company is peeved and has asked her removal and has not been repaid the money there is a growing uneasiness among miss ross friends , for the federal law is very very strict and says all i manner of unpleasant things about \ fines of not less than so-many thou i sand dollars and terms of imprison ment of not less than so many years and it makes no distinction between mistakes and intentional wrongs miss ross said last night that not only does she expect no prosecution but that she expects to be reinstated and will petition washington at once to give back her office f w woolworth pays back boyhood loan by international news service watertown n y sept 13 â€” frank w woolworth owner of mil lions is worth at least 50 cents less than he was when he arrived in this city to-day and met huckleberry charlie sherman forty years ago when the big syndicate man and huckleberry charlie played as boys near great bend the future million aire needed 50 cents to go to a road circus charlie furnished the money to-day as woolworth alighted from his automobile in front of the wood ruff house here charlie was on hand to press his claim woolworth paid police matron hunts man wood nymph by international news service danville 111 sept 13 â€” mrs ag nes frisinger the police matron of hoopeston is in the limelight again this time she led a force of men women and children against a nude man a regular wood nymph armed with a revolver she led the search last night it was reported the man was in a deserted house hoopeston became excited mrs frisinger went into the house alone none of the party daring to go with her but the man was not there tis winter city closes the beaches maybe you don't know it that is that it's winter but any way it's all over with bathing for winter begins on september 13 you know in Chicago gee whiz br-r-r-h how chilly the high intelligence and the patriotic courage of the park com missioners was perhaps never bet ter exemplified than yesterday when the lincoln and south park commis sioners saved the lives of thousands of Chicago citizens who otherwise would have died from exposure to the cold the commissioners did so by clos ing the municipal beaches why because it was winter winter be gins on september 13 whether you notice it or not on september 13 the mercury never stands higher than 32 degrees fahrenheit in well regu lated municipal thermometers there fore the temperature yesterday was ' 32 degrees no matter what it felt like it was cold thousands demand entrance the park commissioners un-doubt â€” edly wore their winter overcoats their earmuffs and clamored for steam heat it was winter so the beaches had to be closed no matter how many thousands of insane per sons demanded entrance the police were adamant instructed by the com missioners the dressing rooms were boarded up the towels carted away for winter storage the bathing suits packed away until next july there were strange scenes at diversey beach hundreds even thousands of deluded men and wom en still wearing their summer clothes appeared and demanded en trance go home it's winter nothing doing said the policemen on guard it's winter go home and put on some clothes eat buck i wheat cakes and sausages for break fast eat oysters for dinner there's an k in this month gee it's chilly it was the same at the fullerton avenue children's beach even the tender little children were under the mistaken impression that the weather was warm that it was a summer day a few boys ventured to take off their shoes and stockings some of the hardier ones said they always took cold baths all the year around anyway but if they wanted to risk their lives if their parents were will ing that they should risk their lives it would have to be at some private beach it couldn't be done with mu nicipal authority come around next july it was the same at every municipal beach in the city why didn't you take your baths in august while lt was hot the po lice demanded hundreds went to the commission ers in person and begged that the beaches be opened they received no encouragement they were looked at stonily it was apparent that they were crazy the wonder was that some of them were not carted away to dunning but the president of the lincoln park board timothy j o'byrne spoke to them soothingly come around in july he said we're closed for the rest of the winter now two city beaches open we couldn't reopen the beaches for these crazy people even if we wanted to he added we haven't got money enough our appropriation was cut down 500,000 this year at two municipal beaches the or ders seemed to have gone astray at seventy-ninth street and at fifty first street thousands of bathers pen etrated the defenses and got into the water it is supposed that they will all die of pneumonia to-day or to morrow at wilson beach three bathers al most drowned although they could have died easier by freezing they were frank berry 1619 south loomis avenue james anderson 2010 north whipple street and d a larwes 1429 washtenaw avenue the weather man says it will be as , cold to-day as it was yesterday churchmen assail buck in dry fight 1 alderman narrowly escapes ex j pulsion from prohibition aus ' tin men's ciub for stand pastor and anti-saloon man , condemn action to prosecute druggists for selling liquor < prohibition austin as represented by certain members of the north aus tin men's club overthrew all recog nized laws of decorum last night and : issued a call to arms in defense of six druggists on west Chicago ave : nue said to have been selling liquor in defiance of the law the army of defense which in cluded city prosecutor harry b mil i ler frank abbott of the anti-saloon i league clyde l lucas pastor of the i third presbyterian church otto kasch one of the accused druggists i and j a schaefer an austin business man mobilized early yesterday even ing and encountered the enemy under the leadership of alderman robert m buck at the third presbyterian church at pine and augusta streets in austin alderman iv difficulty av'hen ttie'suio'ke cleared an llii onlookers were able to get an idea of the results of the conflict it was found that alderman buck had missed expulsion from the club by a narrow margin and that the six druggists are secure in the support of at least a portion of the residents of the prohibition territory stephen austin president of the club asked me whether 1 would not attend a small meeting to-night to consider the question of the sale of liquor by druggists said the alder man i went i had charged austin with favoring the men we are trying to prosecute and i felt sure that something was on foot to lend a bet ter color to their side of the question i was ready for them no persecution - ' some time ago he continued i appealed to city prosecutor miller to prosecute these cases and supplied him the result of my personal inves tigations questioned at a later date when no action had been taken he informed me that he would prosecute but not persecute i got my data back and retained counsel at my own expense the case of james ruzicka 5200 west Chicago avenue was a mistrial the first time and he was later ac quitted the other four cases come up in judge graham's court next wednesday the men are benjamin w widder 5058 west Chicago avenue andrew v plummer 6234 west Chicago avenue otto kasch 5540 west Chicago avenue harry g moyer 5756 west Chicago avenue when the meeting was called i was asked to tell my story i recited my troubles with miller who was there and charged him with gross neglect of duty buck is nonplused frank abbott a representative of the anti-saloon league was then called on and in a very clever fashion despite his affiliations explained that there was no city ordinance that would hold water in prohibiting the sale of liquor by druggists i was nonplused said the alderman otto kasch one of the men to be tried on wednesday and a member of the presbyterian church then asked whether it was christian to prosecute an honest business man in such fash ion the question was put up to clyde lucas the pastor of the church lt certainly is not christian as serted the minister the druggists were then called to the platform and each recited his woes to an audience that alternately hissed and cheered at the conclusion of the recital j a schaefer an aus tin business man offered a set of typewritten resolutions setting forth ! that alderman buck was a menace to the club and that he should be ex pelled uproar followed finally a motion to table the matter was ac cepted bryan agrees to tour europe for peace free foreign language newspaper editors to arrange plan at washington meeting by international news service philadelphia sept 13.â€”wil liam jennings bryan has signified his willingness to go to europe and attempt to bring about peace whether he will go will be decided at a conference between the publish ers of foreign language newspapers and himself in washington on sep tember 17 the announcement of bryan's de cision was contained in a letter re ceived to-day by the editor of an italian newspaper here from dr wil liam forge of brooklyn who pub lishes the forge guides and heads the movement to have bryan try to stop the war the announcement was accompanied by an invitation to attend the con ference brvan will defray his own expenses after the talk i had with mr bryan writes dr forge i am un der the impression that provided it develops at this meeting with the editors that his going abroad is ad visable he himself will for the love of the cause not only sacrifice his time but will also pay his own ex penses bryan's proposed trip will be for the purpose of demonstrating to the world the power and influence for good which is exerted by american newspapers published in foreign ! languages widow opposes frank case movies by international news service new york sept 13 â€” herbert r l,lmburg representing miss l.ucille s frank widow of leo m frank to-day appeared before justice hoha lan and objected to exhibition of the history of the frank case upon mov ing picture curtains in another way the frank family itends to dem onstraate that leo was innocent he said vincent astor is graduate aviator by international news service marblehead mass sept 13 â€” vincent astor has finished his les sons in flying his new burgess-dunne seaplane and will start with lt to morrow for his summer home at rhinebeck n y his tutor clifford l webster has pronounced mr astor capable of handling the machine al though he has not been up in it alone eastabrook in race for the presidency by international news service denver sept 13 â€” henry d east abrook the new york lawyer is a receptive candidate for the repub lican presidential nomination it be came known here to-day he favors a big navy and tariff reform and doubts the success of woman suf frage thaw is fined 10 for fast driving by international news service pittsburgh sept 13 harry k thaw was fined 10 and costs to-day for exceeding the automobile speed limit on july 20 the bill was sent to mrs mary c thaw thaw took a fast ride through sewickley valley and in bellevue a policeman took the machine number u s weathee forecast Chicago and vicinity â€” con tinned warm and generally fair tues day and probably wednesday fresh southerly winds temperature por twenty-four hours ending st 7 p m highest 8s lowest 70 1 mean 70 normal temperature of the day 66 kctcefis of temperature since january 1 289 degrees precipitation for twenty-four hours ending at 7 p ra 0 excess since january 1 ul inches relative humidity 7 a m 84 2 p m 57 7 p m 63 barometric pressure reduced to sea lercl 7 a m 20.85 7 p nu 29.7tf suaiimb 6-28 biueot 6-02 austrian army cracking says penfield guest teutonic dominance of ally dis gusts professor silver home from war zone by international news service new york sept 13 â€” prof john a silver of hobart college who has been the guest of united states am bassador penfield at vienna for sev eral months on his return to-day said i left austria utterly disgruntled with the domineering methods of her teutonic ally the austrians always have been in sympathy with us and this sympa thy was increased by the torpedoeing of the lusitania the austrians re sented this unwarranted and inhuman attack austria is cracking under the strain of the war when the war began germany sent in her commanders to direct the campaign and now therel is only an army corps that is in command of an austrian belgian relief ship sunk ten rescued by international news service london sept 13 â€” the steamer pomona reports that yesterday it witnessed the sinking of a steamer flying the signals of the belgian re lief committee ten of the crew were rescued by trawlers herbert c hoover chairman of the american belgian relief commission has been unable to learn the name or the steamer the ship presto of norway was set afire by a german submarine according to a dispatch from chms tiania the crew was rescued Taft warns against business reaction by international news service san francisco sept 13.â€”warn ing to business interests that a seri ous depression in the united states will follow the conclusion of the eu ropean war was uttered by former president Taft to-day before a gath ering of bankers in the ohio state building at the exposition Taft de clared the present situation of the united states in regard to the war to be critical but expressed the be ief that it would be smoothed out big tim sullivan leaves 1,000,000 by international news service new york sept 13 big tim sullivan who was found dead in mysterious circumstances in 1913 left 1,001,277 according to a report filed b william b ellison his receiver the noted politician left no books vouchers or other record relying on his memory which failed him at the last the estate will be divided be tween a brother and half-brother securities worth 100,000 disappear by international news service new york sept 13 â€” foster & lounsberry brokers at 24 broad street reported this afternoon that mare than 100,000 worth of securi ties were missing the first an nouncement did not say whether they were lost or stolen mrs becker resumes teaching in n y new york sept 13 mrs charles becker widow of the former police lieutenant electrocuted july 30 for instigating the murder of herman rosenthal to-day resumed her school teaching duties b n duke suffers nervous breakdown durham n c sept 13 â€” b n duke the tobacco magnate has suf fered a nervous breakdown and is under the care of physicians weather balmy at big fair ran francisco sept 13 â€” fair visitors continue to enjoy balmy weather in san francisco to-day was clear and moderate with a max 1 imum temperature of 70 and a mlnl jsj urn of 56 envoy is told u s stand on arabic von bernstorff informed at con ference with lansing that ar bitration will be considered only in exceptional cases ambassador is asked for na ture of admiralty orders to submarines must settle this case before others by international news service washington sept 13 tha first of a series of important conferences between count von bernstorff the german am bassador and secretary of state lansing took place to-day at the state repartaent tho urpose of the conference is to reacb an amic able and definite understanding on the pending issues between the two governments the german ambassador has been given authority by his government to take up every point with secre tary lansing each step will be sub mitted to berlin for approval on his part secretary lansing will be in constant touch with the president in this way it is believed a full agreement can be reached regarding the rights of the americans on the high seas and the application of in ternational law to submarine war fare much more quickly than by the method heretofore pursued namely the exchange of foreign notes envoy well pleased secretary lansing declined to dis cuss to-day's conference ambassa dor von bernsdorff was plainly well pleased with the turn affairs have taken more by his manner than by anything he baid he indicated a be lief that the negotiations which are now going on informally are the most important that have been un dertaken since the beginning of tho controversy between the two govern ments one reason for the ambassador's feeling of confidence can be traced to his opinion which he has ex pressed from time to time that al most any questions can be settled if the diplomats concerned can get to gether personally and talk them over preceding the conference secretary lansing called on president wilson and discussed the situation he will bee the president again in a day or two it is understood that secretary lansing offered the german ambas sador the facilities of the state de partment for communication with hie government and that the ambassador sent a lengthy report to berlin as soon as a reply is received he will confer again with lansing demands of united states from the best obtainable informa tion secretary lansing appears to have told the ambassador i that germany and the ttnited states must come to a distinct understanding on the german acqui escence to the american demands that the principles of international lan apply to submarine warfare o that the united states shoul know the nature and extent of the orders of the german admiralty to its submarines q that the united states trill eco sider whether exceptional cases are arbitrable | a that president wilson insists that the questions cristas out of the slnklntr of the arabic shall be settled before the 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Chicago examiner vol xiii no 228 a m tuesday Chicago september 14 1915 tuesday r*t-utcrcd d s patent office price one cent ta i &" ld sisscs-h dumba asks austria to recall him diplomat seeks 10 quit il s mt ambassador's message to austrian foreign minister is forwarded by von bernstorff early re moval is believed likely case of captain von papen is de layed by lack of complete evidence action against the german attache still expected bv international news service washington sept 13 dr constantin theodor dumba the austrian ambassador has asked baron von burian the austro-hungarian minister for foreign affairs to comply with the request of this government for his recall dr dumba asked that he be recalled or leave of absence the ambassador who is now at lexon mass transmitted his re quest through count von bernstorff the german ambassador this was because dr dumba's only method of communication with vienna is by german wireless through berlin the text of dr dumba's message to baron von burian was as follows | i beg your excellency to recall me on leave of absence for a per sonal report signed dl'mba dr dumba's telegram was in re ply to a message from baron von burian asking for a statement on the request of this government foi l-is recall tt is presumed baron von burian's message was sent after the i receipt of the communication from secretary lansing the state department received its first news of this action on the part of dr dumba from the international news service a copy of dr dumba's telegram was shown to officials of the department recall expected count von bernstorff the german ambassador admitted having sent the telegram for dumba this development is accepted by the state department as indicating definitely that dr dumba will go it is not considered possible that the austro-hungarian government will retain dr dumba here after his per sonal request that he be withdrawn it is regarded as certain also that dr dumba's government will comply with his request in the form in which he has made namely that he will be recalled on leave this will dis pose of the question whether aus tria will send another ambassador in his stead so long as an ambassador is away on leave he is still tech nically accredited to the post which he has occupied while the affairs of the embassy in such a case are left in the hands of a charge d'af faires question of safe conduct as soon as the state department receives formal notification from the austro-hungarian government that it has decided to recall dr dumba this government will take up the question of providing safe conduct for the ambassador the department believes it will have no difficulty in obtaining the necessary assurances from great britain it developed to-day in connection with the dumba incident that ger many has not intervened in the case of captain franz von papen military attache of the german embassy it is stated that the german ambassa dor did not discuss this matter to day at the state department the opinion prevails however that the united states having acted defi nitely in thu case of ambassador dumba will act within a short time in the same way with reference to captain von papen the evidence in both cases is largely identical mexicans invading u.s after a battle 1,200 bandits near brownsville tex u s troops rushed to border to repel marauders j towns under martial law | one cavalryman killed three wounded in fight rancher flees kidnapers second amer ican is still held for ransom k international news service brownsville sept 13 â€” texas is being invaded at many points by strong bands tf mexican bandits townspeople and ranchers are arming to resist . the attacks and martial law lias been declared in n-iny towns it id known that 1.-'o't mexicans marauders ire operating in this trlct troops to repel invasion five troops of united states cav il ry have been ordered to points along the rio grande ten miles be tliis city to repel the mexicans who are crossing the river iu boats the united states military authori ties have issued notices that all â– icans in this district found with fire arm in their possession will be be rely dealt with < kk \\< istas warned colonel r l bullard commanding the united states troops at fort brown to-day notified general na farettt leader of the carranza forces al matamora that if any of the mex icans who have been conducting raids in texas are found to be members of his army he will be held to strict accountability colonel bullard also declared that if any mexican bandit 6eek refuge in mexican territory na farette will be called upon to deliver them into the hands of the united states authorities i'vrmer kills five bandits i an american farmer whose name has been suppressed residing in the san benito district to-day telephoned i ii ite j states military officials here that yesterday when he returned to bis ranch from san benito he found six mexican bandits pilfering his home according to his story he grabbed a eawed-off shotgun which he carried in his buggy crept up to the house and killed five of the crowd united states military of ficials state that they found the bodies of four mexicans in the farm er's corral invasion long planned military authorities here believe that the attack the first of its kind mere man to be postmaster at lake bluff bonding company seeks removal of woman whose accounts fail to balance miss isabella ross was taken from the little coop of a postoffice at lake f bluff yesterday and a mere man thomas cahill who is supposed to i understand all about bookkeeping and auditing and making reports and a lot of common things like that was put in charge cahill is not really postmaster yet but is a candidate and this may be a preliminary to lis appointment miss ross troubles which have been complicated by postoffice in spectors so numerous that they trod | on each other was all on account of bookkeeping she lived the life of society and she had assistants to look after the work and she edited lake bluff chat whenever she felt that an issue ought to be published and â€” incidentally â€” every few months she tried to bal ance her books when they did not balance she just put into her per sonal account enough of the surplus to make them balance and started all over again there never has been any suspicion tiat the shortage was due to any th'ng except mistakes and it has beiin taken for granted that there would be no prosecution but now that the bonding company is peeved and has asked her removal and has not been repaid the money there is a growing uneasiness among miss ross friends , for the federal law is very very strict and says all i manner of unpleasant things about \ fines of not less than so-many thou i sand dollars and terms of imprison ment of not less than so many years and it makes no distinction between mistakes and intentional wrongs miss ross said last night that not only does she expect no prosecution but that she expects to be reinstated and will petition washington at once to give back her office f w woolworth pays back boyhood loan by international news service watertown n y sept 13 â€” frank w woolworth owner of mil lions is worth at least 50 cents less than he was when he arrived in this city to-day and met huckleberry charlie sherman forty years ago when the big syndicate man and huckleberry charlie played as boys near great bend the future million aire needed 50 cents to go to a road circus charlie furnished the money to-day as woolworth alighted from his automobile in front of the wood ruff house here charlie was on hand to press his claim woolworth paid police matron hunts man wood nymph by international news service danville 111 sept 13 â€” mrs ag nes frisinger the police matron of hoopeston is in the limelight again this time she led a force of men women and children against a nude man a regular wood nymph armed with a revolver she led the search last night it was reported the man was in a deserted house hoopeston became excited mrs frisinger went into the house alone none of the party daring to go with her but the man was not there tis winter city closes the beaches maybe you don't know it that is that it's winter but any way it's all over with bathing for winter begins on september 13 you know in Chicago gee whiz br-r-r-h how chilly the high intelligence and the patriotic courage of the park com missioners was perhaps never bet ter exemplified than yesterday when the lincoln and south park commis sioners saved the lives of thousands of Chicago citizens who otherwise would have died from exposure to the cold the commissioners did so by clos ing the municipal beaches why because it was winter winter be gins on september 13 whether you notice it or not on september 13 the mercury never stands higher than 32 degrees fahrenheit in well regu lated municipal thermometers there fore the temperature yesterday was ' 32 degrees no matter what it felt like it was cold thousands demand entrance the park commissioners un-doubt â€” edly wore their winter overcoats their earmuffs and clamored for steam heat it was winter so the beaches had to be closed no matter how many thousands of insane per sons demanded entrance the police were adamant instructed by the com missioners the dressing rooms were boarded up the towels carted away for winter storage the bathing suits packed away until next july there were strange scenes at diversey beach hundreds even thousands of deluded men and wom en still wearing their summer clothes appeared and demanded en trance go home it's winter nothing doing said the policemen on guard it's winter go home and put on some clothes eat buck i wheat cakes and sausages for break fast eat oysters for dinner there's an k in this month gee it's chilly it was the same at the fullerton avenue children's beach even the tender little children were under the mistaken impression that the weather was warm that it was a summer day a few boys ventured to take off their shoes and stockings some of the hardier ones said they always took cold baths all the year around anyway but if they wanted to risk their lives if their parents were will ing that they should risk their lives it would have to be at some private beach it couldn't be done with mu nicipal authority come around next july it was the same at every municipal beach in the city why didn't you take your baths in august while lt was hot the po lice demanded hundreds went to the commission ers in person and begged that the beaches be opened they received no encouragement they were looked at stonily it was apparent that they were crazy the wonder was that some of them were not carted away to dunning but the president of the lincoln park board timothy j o'byrne spoke to them soothingly come around in july he said we're closed for the rest of the winter now two city beaches open we couldn't reopen the beaches for these crazy people even if we wanted to he added we haven't got money enough our appropriation was cut down 500,000 this year at two municipal beaches the or ders seemed to have gone astray at seventy-ninth street and at fifty first street thousands of bathers pen etrated the defenses and got into the water it is supposed that they will all die of pneumonia to-day or to morrow at wilson beach three bathers al most drowned although they could have died easier by freezing they were frank berry 1619 south loomis avenue james anderson 2010 north whipple street and d a larwes 1429 washtenaw avenue the weather man says it will be as , cold to-day as it was yesterday churchmen assail buck in dry fight 1 alderman narrowly escapes ex j pulsion from prohibition aus ' tin men's ciub for stand pastor and anti-saloon man , condemn action to prosecute druggists for selling liquor < prohibition austin as represented by certain members of the north aus tin men's club overthrew all recog nized laws of decorum last night and : issued a call to arms in defense of six druggists on west Chicago ave : nue said to have been selling liquor in defiance of the law the army of defense which in cluded city prosecutor harry b mil i ler frank abbott of the anti-saloon i league clyde l lucas pastor of the i third presbyterian church otto kasch one of the accused druggists i and j a schaefer an austin business man mobilized early yesterday even ing and encountered the enemy under the leadership of alderman robert m buck at the third presbyterian church at pine and augusta streets in austin alderman iv difficulty av'hen ttie'suio'ke cleared an llii onlookers were able to get an idea of the results of the conflict it was found that alderman buck had missed expulsion from the club by a narrow margin and that the six druggists are secure in the support of at least a portion of the residents of the prohibition territory stephen austin president of the club asked me whether 1 would not attend a small meeting to-night to consider the question of the sale of liquor by druggists said the alder man i went i had charged austin with favoring the men we are trying to prosecute and i felt sure that something was on foot to lend a bet ter color to their side of the question i was ready for them no persecution - ' some time ago he continued i appealed to city prosecutor miller to prosecute these cases and supplied him the result of my personal inves tigations questioned at a later date when no action had been taken he informed me that he would prosecute but not persecute i got my data back and retained counsel at my own expense the case of james ruzicka 5200 west Chicago avenue was a mistrial the first time and he was later ac quitted the other four cases come up in judge graham's court next wednesday the men are benjamin w widder 5058 west Chicago avenue andrew v plummer 6234 west Chicago avenue otto kasch 5540 west Chicago avenue harry g moyer 5756 west Chicago avenue when the meeting was called i was asked to tell my story i recited my troubles with miller who was there and charged him with gross neglect of duty buck is nonplused frank abbott a representative of the anti-saloon league was then called on and in a very clever fashion despite his affiliations explained that there was no city ordinance that would hold water in prohibiting the sale of liquor by druggists i was nonplused said the alderman otto kasch one of the men to be tried on wednesday and a member of the presbyterian church then asked whether it was christian to prosecute an honest business man in such fash ion the question was put up to clyde lucas the pastor of the church lt certainly is not christian as serted the minister the druggists were then called to the platform and each recited his woes to an audience that alternately hissed and cheered at the conclusion of the recital j a schaefer an aus tin business man offered a set of typewritten resolutions setting forth ! that alderman buck was a menace to the club and that he should be ex pelled uproar followed finally a motion to table the matter was ac cepted bryan agrees to tour europe for peace free foreign language newspaper editors to arrange plan at washington meeting by international news service philadelphia sept 13.â€”wil liam jennings bryan has signified his willingness to go to europe and attempt to bring about peace whether he will go will be decided at a conference between the publish ers of foreign language newspapers and himself in washington on sep tember 17 the announcement of bryan's de cision was contained in a letter re ceived to-day by the editor of an italian newspaper here from dr wil liam forge of brooklyn who pub lishes the forge guides and heads the movement to have bryan try to stop the war the announcement was accompanied by an invitation to attend the con ference brvan will defray his own expenses after the talk i had with mr bryan writes dr forge i am un der the impression that provided it develops at this meeting with the editors that his going abroad is ad visable he himself will for the love of the cause not only sacrifice his time but will also pay his own ex penses bryan's proposed trip will be for the purpose of demonstrating to the world the power and influence for good which is exerted by american newspapers published in foreign ! languages widow opposes frank case movies by international news service new york sept 13 â€” herbert r l,lmburg representing miss l.ucille s frank widow of leo m frank to-day appeared before justice hoha lan and objected to exhibition of the history of the frank case upon mov ing picture curtains in another way the frank family itends to dem onstraate that leo was innocent he said vincent astor is graduate aviator by international news service marblehead mass sept 13 â€” vincent astor has finished his les sons in flying his new burgess-dunne seaplane and will start with lt to morrow for his summer home at rhinebeck n y his tutor clifford l webster has pronounced mr astor capable of handling the machine al though he has not been up in it alone eastabrook in race for the presidency by international news service denver sept 13 â€” henry d east abrook the new york lawyer is a receptive candidate for the repub lican presidential nomination it be came known here to-day he favors a big navy and tariff reform and doubts the success of woman suf frage thaw is fined 10 for fast driving by international news service pittsburgh sept 13 harry k thaw was fined 10 and costs to-day for exceeding the automobile speed limit on july 20 the bill was sent to mrs mary c thaw thaw took a fast ride through sewickley valley and in bellevue a policeman took the machine number u s weathee forecast Chicago and vicinity â€” con tinned warm and generally fair tues day and probably wednesday fresh southerly winds temperature por twenty-four hours ending st 7 p m highest 8s lowest 70 1 mean 70 normal temperature of the day 66 kctcefis of temperature since january 1 289 degrees precipitation for twenty-four hours ending at 7 p ra 0 excess since january 1 ul inches relative humidity 7 a m 84 2 p m 57 7 p m 63 barometric pressure reduced to sea lercl 7 a m 20.85 7 p nu 29.7tf suaiimb 6-28 biueot 6-02 austrian army cracking says penfield guest teutonic dominance of ally dis gusts professor silver home from war zone by international news service new york sept 13 â€” prof john a silver of hobart college who has been the guest of united states am bassador penfield at vienna for sev eral months on his return to-day said i left austria utterly disgruntled with the domineering methods of her teutonic ally the austrians always have been in sympathy with us and this sympa thy was increased by the torpedoeing of the lusitania the austrians re sented this unwarranted and inhuman attack austria is cracking under the strain of the war when the war began germany sent in her commanders to direct the campaign and now therel is only an army corps that is in command of an austrian belgian relief ship sunk ten rescued by international news service london sept 13 â€” the steamer pomona reports that yesterday it witnessed the sinking of a steamer flying the signals of the belgian re lief committee ten of the crew were rescued by trawlers herbert c hoover chairman of the american belgian relief commission has been unable to learn the name or the steamer the ship presto of norway was set afire by a german submarine according to a dispatch from chms tiania the crew was rescued Taft warns against business reaction by international news service san francisco sept 13.â€”warn ing to business interests that a seri ous depression in the united states will follow the conclusion of the eu ropean war was uttered by former president Taft to-day before a gath ering of bankers in the ohio state building at the exposition Taft de clared the present situation of the united states in regard to the war to be critical but expressed the be ief that it would be smoothed out big tim sullivan leaves 1,000,000 by international news service new york sept 13 big tim sullivan who was found dead in mysterious circumstances in 1913 left 1,001,277 according to a report filed b william b ellison his receiver the noted politician left no books vouchers or other record relying on his memory which failed him at the last the estate will be divided be tween a brother and half-brother securities worth 100,000 disappear by international news service new york sept 13 â€” foster & lounsberry brokers at 24 broad street reported this afternoon that mare than 100,000 worth of securi ties were missing the first an nouncement did not say whether they were lost or stolen mrs becker resumes teaching in n y new york sept 13 mrs charles becker widow of the former police lieutenant electrocuted july 30 for instigating the murder of herman rosenthal to-day resumed her school teaching duties b n duke suffers nervous breakdown durham n c sept 13 â€” b n duke the tobacco magnate has suf fered a nervous breakdown and is under the care of physicians weather balmy at big fair ran francisco sept 13 â€” fair visitors continue to enjoy balmy weather in san francisco to-day was clear and moderate with a max 1 imum temperature of 70 and a mlnl jsj urn of 56 envoy is told u s stand on arabic von bernstorff informed at con ference with lansing that ar bitration will be considered only in exceptional cases ambassador is asked for na ture of admiralty orders to submarines must settle this case before others by international news service washington sept 13 tha first of a series of important conferences between count von bernstorff the german am bassador and secretary of state lansing took place to-day at the state repartaent tho urpose of the conference is to reacb an amic able and definite understanding on the pending issues between the two governments the german ambassador has been given authority by his government to take up every point with secre tary lansing each step will be sub mitted to berlin for approval on his part secretary lansing will be in constant touch with the president in this way it is believed a full agreement can be reached regarding the rights of the americans on the high seas and the application of in ternational law to submarine war fare much more quickly than by the method heretofore pursued namely the exchange of foreign notes envoy well pleased secretary lansing declined to dis cuss to-day's conference ambassa dor von bernsdorff was plainly well pleased with the turn affairs have taken more by his manner than by anything he baid he indicated a be lief that the negotiations which are now going on informally are the most important that have been un dertaken since the beginning of tho controversy between the two govern ments one reason for the ambassador's feeling of confidence can be traced to his opinion which he has ex pressed from time to time that al most any questions can be settled if the diplomats concerned can get to gether personally and talk them over preceding the conference secretary lansing called on president wilson and discussed the situation he will bee the president again in a day or two it is understood that secretary lansing offered the german ambas sador the facilities of the state de partment for communication with hie government and that the ambassador sent a lengthy report to berlin as soon as a reply is received he will confer again with lansing demands of united states from the best obtainable informa tion secretary lansing appears to have told the ambassador i that germany and the ttnited states must come to a distinct understanding on the german acqui escence to the american demands that the principles of international lan apply to submarine warfare o that the united states shoul know the nature and extent of the orders of the german admiralty to its submarines q that the united states trill eco sider whether exceptional cases are arbitrable | a that president wilson insists that the questions cristas out of the slnklntr of the arabic shall be settled before the 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